50sqm Apartment, Jaffa

By: Eilat Dar

Photographs: Yoav Peled

Planning and internal design of 50 sqm apartment in Jaffa. The design planning included minimal structural changes, using affordable materials and built-in furniture, while creating an open, bright and airy ‘loft’ and with a pleasant, spacious and modern public space including a wide range of storage possibilities. The wall between the lounge and the apartment’s closed balcony was removed to create a larger living space, and a built-in padded window seat that spans the entire width of the room was added. Some of the apartment’s original features, such as a concrete post and a brick wall, were kept and restored to preserve its character. Other features were replaced, such as the flooring, which was swapped for whitewashed oak-colored laminated parquet laid in a herringbone pattern. A two-way carpentry wall is a central element in the apartment, made from a sheet of tempered glass – the wall divides the kitchen and the bathroom space while letting light from the bathroom window infiltrate into the cooking area.